ea0029s56.1 | Pituitary development transcription factors: stem cells and beyond | ICEECE2012
Garcia-Lavandeira M.
, Diaz-Rodriguez E.
, Vila T.
, Saez C.
, Japon M.
, Dieguez C.
, Alvarez C.V.
The pituitary is an anatomically well protected endocrine gland in permanent contact with the central nervous system. Although it was known that pituitary has plasticity in response to the physiological demands of the body, there were few clear data about the post-natal mechanisms in charge of this plasticity. The discovery of a group of cells expressing stem cell markers precisely organized in the outer zone of the adenopituitary open up new possibilities to explain the const...